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ETCHING BY NUYTXENS 



The Club Room 

of The Northwestern Miller 



Illustrations by 
Vernon Howe Bailey 
and George E. Graves 




All Rights Reserved 

Copyrighted by 

The Mim.er PrBi.iSHiNCi Company 

Minneapolis, Minn., U. S. A. 

19^21 



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m 25 1922 
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HEi first name upon the Visi- 
tors' Register in the Chib Room 
of The Northwestern Miller is 
that of Theodore Roosevelt, 
who signed on September 3, 1901. 
Colonel Roosevelt was then Vice Presi- 
dent of the United States and was in 
^Minneapolis for a few days, the guest of 
the late Thomas H. Shevlin, a member of 
the Republican National Committee, who 
gave him an elaborate dinner at the Min- 
neapolis Club, at which the Old Man was 
a guest. 

After this dinner. Colonel Roosevelt 
said that he would want the services of a 
stenographer to answer his mail the next 
morning and, as Mr. Shevlin's office was 
rather remote, the Old ]Man proffered the 
facilities of The Northwestern JNIiller, 
which were accepted. 

Colonel Roosevelt came to the office 
on the following morning and the O.M. 
gave him the use of his room, at the rear 
on the first floor, w^hich the Vice President 
occupied for several hours, dictating his 
correspondence to Robert T. Beatty, then 
the office stenographer. While waiting 
for his letters to be typewritten. Colonel 
Roosevelt talked with" Walter C. Tiffany, 
who w^as a classmate at Harvard, and with 
the 0.]SI., expressing himself with his cus- 
tomary freedom concerning public affairs 
and his own political future. 



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The Club Room had just been com- 
pleted when Colonel Roosevelt visited the 
office, and the Visitors' Register was not 
quite ready for use. It was, however, 
finished in time for him to write his name 
in it, although it was necessary to send a 
messenger to the station to get his signa- 
ture, which he obligingly wrote just be- 
fore the train left. 

From jNIinneapolis Colonel Roosevelt 
went east on the hunting trip from which 
he was recalled by the death of President 
McKinley, which occurred on September 
14, eleven days after the date of his signa- 
ture on the register. 




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Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey. 



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In 1909, the OM. crossed 
from New York to Xaples 
'• on the Hamburg, and re- 
newed his acquaintance 
with Colonel Roosevelt, 
who was on his way to 
South Africa, having 
completed his sec- 
ond term as Presi- 
dent of the Unit- 
ed States. At 
the conclusion 
of this voyage 
Colonel Roosevelt 
gave him his hat as a sou- 
venir of the trip, and it 
now hangs over the mantel- 
piece in the Club Room. This was the 
one used by him in his political campaigns 
and was his favorite hat during his occu- 
pancy of the White House. 

The first use of the front basement of 
the building for purposes of entertain- 
ment antedated Colonel Roosevelt's visit 
by three years. When The Northwest- 
ern. Miller removed from the annex of 
the New York Life Insurance Building 
to the new office, built especially for it, in 
1898, a housewarming was given to mem- 
bers of the trade and other friends, and 
refreshments were served in this part of 
the building. 

Weekly meetings of the staif, on 
Thursdavs, were established about 1900, 



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SERVING ROOM 

Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey. 



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and were held original!}^ in the O.M.'s 
office in the rear of the counting room, 
hnicheon heing hrought in from the 
MinneapoHs Chib, then on Sixth Street 
and First Avenue South, now called 
INIarquette Avenue. This arrangement 
was rather awkward, and interfered 
with the business routine as the niunber 
attending the meetings increased. To 
meet requirements the present Club Room 
was constructed. In the rear of it was, 
as at present, a serving room, containing 
a table, refrigerator and range. Its walls 
and ceiling originally were of canvas, 
decorated by a scene painter from a local 
theatre. Later, cement walls were put 
up instead of the canvas; these also were 
decorated by a local scene painter. 

The original Visitors' Register was 
much smaller in size than the present one, 
but in 1907, when its pages were exhaust- 
ed, it was incorporated in the new one now 
in use. 

The covers for this volume were pre- 
sented by Charles L. Roos and the late 
Herbert Bradley. Tliese gentlemen were 
dining at a restaurant in Hamburg and, 
notitio- the beautifuUv embossed leather 
cover of the ])ill of fare, determmed to 
secure it for the Club Room. The waiter 
and the head waiter refusing to sell it, 
they interviewed the proprietor, wlio at 
first ])romptly declined their ])roposal. 
When thev described the Club Room in 



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far distant America, the proprietor 
gained the impression that it was a res- 
tam-ant like his own, and then very gra- 
ciously said that, while he would not sell 
the cover, it would give him great pleasure 
to present it with his compliments to his 
American confrere. As a result, the 
O.jNI. had to acknowledge its receipt to 
the German restaurant keeper in a proper 
letter of appreciation and thanks. 

Tlie coat of arms on this cover is that 
of the city of Hamhurg, although the 
trademark of The Xortliwestern jNIiller 
was later sujjerimposed on it and the panel 
at the hottom was added to the original 
design. Several times it has been neces- 
sary to enlarge the register, but this has 
been made possible by widening the 
leather })ack, thus to continue the old 
cover in use. 

The tables and all the furniture of the 
room are of simple design, and made of 
oak. The pictures on the walls are in- 
expensive colored prints in dark oak 
frames, nearly all by Cassiers, the Bel- 
gian artist who designed tlie covers for 
one of tlie Holiday Xumbers of The 
Northwestern jNIiller. Tlie broad liench 
extending across the west wall on either 
side of the fireplace was made by boxing 
in the foundation stones of the building. 

In the serving room in the rear, the 
iron door opens into the basement com- 
partment of the office vault, and in pre- 



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prohibition times this was used for stor- 
age of a few bottles of the okl wines and 
liquors with which the company occasion- 
ally entertained its friends. 

" The extra long and very thin cigars, 
Palmas Partagas, which The Nortlwest- 
ern ^Miller always offers its visitors, were, 
originally, made especially for it in Ha- 
vana and bore a band containing its name, 
but when the war began it became almost 
impossible to secure these cigars, and the 
regular imported brand was temporarily 
substituted. 

SOME OBJECTS OF INTEREST 

The large red covered jar which is 
always placed in the center of the table 
after luncheon contains an excellent sniok- 
ing tobacco, and, formerly, especially 
made clay pipes bearing the name of The 
Northwestern INIiller were proffered with 
it. These were made in England from a 
pecidiarly cool and absorbent clay. The 
war interfered with the export of these 
pipes, and the custom was therefore tem- 
porarilv abandoned. 

The picture of the Queen of Holland 
on the north w all w as presented by a Rot- 
terdam importer, Mr. Piet Penn. The 
Delft jugs, originally containing Dutch 
liqueurs, were bought in Holland by the 
O.M. Two wooden placques made in 
Sweden are very excellent examples of 
pyrography. 



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The musical bear from Switzerland 
was presented by ]Mr. Hahn, who ac- 
(luired it during a trip abroad. It is ab- 
horred by ]Mr. Graves, for whose 
special benefit it is placed on the 
table and set going while he at- 
tempts to read the Branch ]Man- 
agers' letters at the weekly 
'— meetings of the staff. 

The iron scourges were 
brought from Rome by the 
O.M.; they are said to be 
very old, but are probably 
modern imitations. The 
various steins, jugs and 
])itchers about the room 
were gradually brought to- 
gether from different parts 
of the world. Some of them, 
bearing ingenious cipher inscrip- 
tions, are rather interesting. There is an 
old Italian trick drinking mug presented 
by Mr. Callaway, which is unique. 

Two framed souvenirs are of special 
interest to members of the staff. One is 
a group ])hotograph of those present at 
an annualRound Up who suddenly ap- 
])eared in the Club Room, disguised as 
shown, to present to the O.jM. the Round 
Robin ]:)etition which is inscribed beneath 
the picture. The other is a rhyme which 
the O.M. wrote descriptive of the pil- 
grimage of "Deacon" Wiggin in search 
of a location for his branch office. The 



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hero of the adventures it coniiiieiiiorates 
had the verses ]3rinted and framed, and 
presented them. The ilhistration is by 
^Ir. (xraves. 

The okl stuffed dub, which the O.M. 
uses to keep order, was installed many 
years before the Club Room came into 
existence. Tlie date of its exact origin is 
unknown, but the same club certainly 
existed thirty years ago. It has been re- 
paired and restuff ed scores of times. The 
red marks on it do not necessarily indicate 
the bloodstains of its nu- 
merous victims. Pos- 
sibly they are red paint. 
The headsman's ax with 
the rubber blade is the 
second edition; the first 
was worn out through 
frequent use, and was 
recently restored and re- 
finished. The skin hang- 
ing over the back of one 
of the benches is said to 
be that of an enemy 
of the milling industry 
whom The Northwest- 
ern ^Miller skinned alive 
by the use of printer's 
ink ; probably a fad-food 
lecturer and publicist. 
The backwarmer, or fender, made of 
brass with a red leather seat, was 
built for the Club Room hx a famous 




14 THE CLUB ROOM 

London firm and shipped over by INIr. 
Raikes. The cartoons of various members 
of the staff were drawn by Mr. Graves 
and originally used at an annual Round 
LTp of the company. 

On the desk, in a box made for it, is a 
musical composition written by Oskar 
JNIericanto, of Finland, entitled "The 
Water Mill," and dedicated to the Ameri- 
can millers. It is bound in a gray limp 
leather cover, curiously etched. The 
music, which is in manuscript, has never 
been published, and was written for The 
Northwestern INIiller, to whom it was pre- 
sented in 1906 by Mr. Valkeapaa, of Hel- 
singfors, Finland. 

The Chinese mandarin who watches 
the register was presented by the John 
S. Bradstreet Company. Hanging from 
the iron candlestick which stands on the 
mantelpiece are the gold, silver and bronze 
medals awarded to The Xorthwestern 
Miller at the Paris Exposition of 1900 in 
recognition of pre-eminence in trade joiu'- 
nalism shown by its exhibit. 

The pewter plates are very old, and 
many of them originally came from Brit- 
tany. They were obtained by ]Mr. Graves 
from a New York artist who had a col- 
lection of such things. A pair of very 
old English pewter mugs were presented 
by an English friend, and Mr. Black, of 
Glasgow, gave the curious pair of pewter 
warming plates. The brass candlesticks 



THE CI.UB ROOM 15 




were acquired at different times and in 
various foreign places. 

The chinaware used for the Chib 
Room was manufactured in Delft, Hol- 
land, from a design made exclusively for 
The Xorthwestern ^liller. Every plate, 
cup and saucer bears the name of the pub- 
lication, with different views of windmills 
or boats. Continued use resulted in a 



16 THE CLUB ROOM 

shortage, and the last order was placed by 
the O.M. while he was in Holland on the 
Belgian relief expedition in 1915. Not- 
withstanding the great difficulties which 
accompanied shipping during the World 
AVar, this importation came througli 
safely. 

The two pieces of brass grill work 
across the windows in the rear were made 
about 1883. Originally they were parts 
of two brass screens which were in the 
front windows of The Northwestern Mill- 
er's office when it was on Washington 
Avenue South, and were made for the 
purpose by a Cleveland company which 
advertised in the paper. They have been 
utilized in some shape in every office the 
company has had since that time. 

The Club Room has always had its 
long-whiskered gnome. The first one, 
who long stood in the corner of the fire- 
place holding an iron-handled broom, was 
of beautiful and delicate workmanship 
and came from Dresden. He was sup- 
posed to have the place in his guardian- 
ship, and faithfully discharged his duties 
as its custodian until in some rough-house 
he was knocked over and his arms broken. 
Although repaired, he never regained his 
former vigor and spirits. Subsequently 
he experienced several more accidents, 
until he became physically imfit to per- 
form his duties and was regretfully re- 
tired. The two figiu-es at either end of 



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the window sill are his successors, but they 
are of inferior modeling and coarser ma- 
terial. They were made somewhere in 
Germany. 

The chairs used each bear a plate on 
the back with the name of a member of 
the staff, ])ast or present, and at luncheon 
are placed at the long table formed by 
bringing the individual square tables to- 
gether in the center of the room. 

The loving cup of black oak and silver 
was presented to the O.M. in 1898 by the 
members of the staff. The handsome 
gold-lined silver punch bowl, tray and 
cups, always used at dinners of The 
Northwestern JNIiller, were given it by the 
Spring ^Vheat ^Millers at Christmas, 190.), 
in recognition of services rendered their 
organization, the late John W. Heywood, 



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its executive officer, having suggested the 
gift and arranged for it. 

The miniature wine cask was original- 
ly filled with a ciu'ious wine which in 
process of time mysteriously evaporated 
or otherwise disappeared. It was bought 
by the O.M. in Sorrento, Italy. Mr. 
Benjamin Stockman, now of Duluth, then 
residing in New Ulm, Minnesota, gave 
the barrel head upon which a local artist 
had painted a spirited repre- 
sentation of the defense of New 
Ulm by its citizens during the 
Indian uprising at the 
beginning of the Civil 
War. There are several 
beer mugs, also made in 
New Ulm, presented by 
Mr. Roos. 

On the door leading 
the serving room in the 
rear hangs a duster in 
form of a fool's bauble, 
handle drawn through 
carved head. This was pre- 
sented by the Bailey, Banks 
& Biddle Company, of Phila- 
delphia. 

Near by, on the corner of 
the sideboard, is a cigar light- 
er, the figure of a monk car- 
cask, tankard, the 




the 
the 
the 



rymg a 

keys to the cellar and a can- 
dle. A similar lighter is, or 



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was, in the ^rill room of the 
Touraine Hotel, Boston, and 
the O.JNI., seeing it there, ol)- 
tained a dupheate for whieh 
he paid fifty dollars, and sent 
it to the Club Room. The 
comment of the frugal "Dea- 
con" Wiggin on this orna- 
ment has become historical. 
Gazing upon the figure with- 
out enthusiasm, he remarked, 
"I don't see fifty in it!" 

Over the entrance to the 
serving room is cut into the 
wood the motto of the Lon- 
don Bakers' Guild, "Praise 
God for All," and on 
the side wall is en- 
graved the refrain of 
celebrated INIiller 




the 

of Dee, who sang, "I care for Nobody, no 

not I, if Nobody cares for Me." 

The Bellman sign, with its gilded bell, 
was made in Oberammergau by the man 
with whom the O.^NI. lodged when he went 
to see the passion play in 1910. He was 
the village locksmith and sign maker, 
and hammered this out on his anvil in his 
shop, which was a part of his home. He 
also did the painting and lettering himself. 

A framed set of resolutions, engrossed 
on parchment, which hangs near the man- 
telpiece, expresses the sentiments of the 
Millers' National Federation toward the 



20 THE CLUB ROOM 

editor of The Northwestern ^Miller, and 
were passed on Octoher 19, 1917. 

The mahogany and glass tray, show- 
ing the embroidered fignre of The Bell- 
man, made by the wife of Lambert Wil- 
ten, an old employee of the company, is 
nsed for passing cigars and tobacco. The 
brass shell case was made during the 
World War by the Minneapolis Steel k 
INIachinery Company. It is a six-inch 
British naval shell, and is a sample of the 
munitions made for the use of the Allies 
by this company. 

The fat Chinese God of Prosperity, 
made of brass, who sits leaning upon his 
money bags on the window ledge, was 
acquired by the late William H. Dun- 
woody during his travels in the Orient, 
and subsequently given to The Xorth- 
western Miller by him. Inasmuch as the 
figure is rather gross, it is suspected that 
iSIrs. Dunwoody objected to having it 
placed in her house, and hence it was of- 
fered to the Club Room. 

There is a small block of wood upon 
which a Bismarck medal is mounted, 
which is hung on the side of one of the 
benches. This came from a continental 
flour importer. The wood was cut from 
Bismarck's estate. A pair of wooden 
shoes which are used for ash receivers were 
carved bv a former janitor, a Hollander. 

The brass knocker on the door of the 
Club Room came from the old office of 



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The Xorthwesteni JNIiller in Catherine 
Court, Tower Hill, London, which has 
since been torn down. On the walls of 
the entry leading to this door are prints 
of Heidelburg, obtained while in Ger- 




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many by Randolph Kdgar and presented 
by him to the office. A traditional mill- 
er's half door admits the visitor to this 
passage way. 

The foregoing enumerates most of the 
junk wliich in the course of many years 
has found lodgment in the Club Room, 
althougli no doubt many items have been 
inadvertently omitted, such, for instance, 
as the key to the city of St. Louis, pre- 
sented by its mayor to the editor of The 
Northwestern INIiller. For some time ad- 
ditions to the place have been discoiu'aged, 
owing to lack of room, and much that 
could not be accommodated wathin its 
narrow limits has been placed in the count- 
ing room, halls and offices throughout the 
INIiller Building. 

THE WEEKLY MEETING 

The Northwestern Miller goes to 
press in forms, and these are printed con- 
tinuously with hardly an intermission, the 
presses being taxed to their maximum 
capacity to produce the large paper, rang- 
ing from one hundred and sixteen to one 
hundred and fifty-two pages, to which the 
])ublication has now grown, but by 
\A^ednesday noon the last form for tlie 
week's issue has gone to press, and shortly 
tliereafter the complete edition is in the 
mails. 

Tlie day after pul)lication, the editorial 
staff begins preparations for the next 



THE CLUB ROOM 23 

issue, and it follows that Thursday affords 
the only lull in the almost continuous 
round of work; consequently, it is the best 
day of the week for the staff meeting. 

* This is always preceded by a simple 
luncheon in the Club Room, which begins 
invariably at 12:30. The square tables 
are brought together in the center of the 
room, the cloth is laid and the table set. 
In winter the fire and the candles are lit. 

At this luncheon guests are frequent- 
ly present, and the regular attendants 
are the chief members of the staff, includ- 
ing the heads of all departments. After 
it is over, the visitors withdraw and the 
weekly meeting follows. 

At this the mechanical superintendent 
makes his report on the issue for the week, 
and the treasurer announces the amount 
of business it carries, with comparative 
figures for the corresponding weeks of 
])receding years. Copies of the current 
issue of the paper having been distributed, 
they are carefully inspected, page by 
page, and the appearance and contents 
critically passed upon. Errors are point- 
ed out and suggestions made for changes 
or improvements. The "lay-out" for the 
coming week, showing the illustrations to 
be used, is presented and discussed. 

Each week the managers of the 
Branch Offices of The Xorthwestern ]SIill- 
er, of which there are eight, namely Lon- 
don, Xew York, Toronto, Kansas City, 



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Chicago, Toledo, St. Louis and Seattle, 
send written reports of conditions in their 
fields and such other information as may 
interest the weekly meeting. These let- 
ters are read aloud by JNIr. Graves. 
Tliereafter follows a general discussion, 
plans are submitted or suggestions made, 
and the meeting adjourns. An Office 
Bulletin, containing a report of the 
Thursday conference and the weekly let- 
ters, is printed and mailed to all Branch 
Managers, so that the entire organization 
is kept thoroughly and comj^letely in- 
formed each week concerning the affairs 
of the company. 

millers' meetings 

This is the main purpose for which the 
Club Room was establislied, but it is in 
daily use for the entertainment of visitors, 
of which The Northwestern JNIiller has a 
great many from all parts of the world, 
as its register attests. It is in frecpient 
demand for millers' meetings, both infor- 
mal conferences and called meetings of as- 
sociations. Probably most of tlie impor- 
tant milling trade movements in the 
Northwest have had their inception in this 
room. 

Millers thoroughly understand that 
they may meet here and discuss freely 
their most confidential affairs without the 
slightest danger of having a report of the 
proceedings published in the paper, unless 



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they so wish it. The staff of The North- 
western ^liller never attends a millers' 
meeting held in its Club Room unless 
especially invited, and takes no advantage 
of the fact that it is in a position to obtain 
important information by reason of the 
meeting place in which it develops. 

The attendance of visitors at the 
Thursday luncheons is usually casual, al- 
though a large number of the friends of 
The Northwestern Miller have received 
engraved invitations asking them to be 
present whenever they may feel so dis- 
posed. They also have the privilege of 
bringing their friends with them, although 
few have availed themselves of it. 

The record of the years shows that a 
large number of famous personages, 
statesmen, actors, authors, artists and 
others, have been present at these weekly 
luncheons, and it has been a great pleas- 
ure to the staff of the paper to meet them 
there. 



THE ROUND UP 

It is the custom for The Northwestern 
Miller to hold every year a reunion of its 
business and editorial staff, which is at- 
tended by all its Branch ^Managers, with 
the exception of its London representa- 
tive, who is unable to come so often on 
account of the great distance. This cus- 
tom antedates the building of the present 
office; the first staff dinner having oc- 



26 THE CLUB ROOM 

ciirred in 1887 to celebrate the publication 
of the fifth Holiday Xumber. 

This event is called "The Round Up" 
and usually occurs the second week in 
January, because the annual meetino* of 
the stockholders of the company is held 
then. Three, and occasionally foiu*, days 
are set apart for this reunion, and during 
this time the Club Room is used as head- 
quarters. 

THE CHAPLAIN 

For some time previous to 190.5, the 
present Bishop of Oklahoma, the Rt. Rev. 
Theodore Payne Thurston, who was then 
the rector of St. Paul's Church, JNIinneap- 
olis, was a frequent guest at the weekly 
luncheons and took great interest in the 
])roceedings. So constant w^as his at- 
tendance and so welcome was his presence 
that he was called "the Chaplain," by com- 
mon consent. 

To give due and proper warrant for 
the title, he was, in 190.5, commissioned 
chaplain of the staff in a document to 
which the seal of the company was at- 
tached, and the duty therein assigned him 
was to dispense for benevolent or chari- 
table purposes such funds as were appro- 
])riated from the treasury. He was also 
required to investigate claims for dona- 
tions and solicitations for contributions 
and pass upon their merits, his recom- 
mendation as to the amounts to be paid 
being regarded as final. 



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In the course of time, during his resi- 
dence in JNIinneapolis, the Chaplain, who 
performed his prescribed duties witli 
punctilious care, found other opportuni- 
ties to serve the members of the staff and 
never neglected them. Held in most af- 
fectionate regard by every one connected 
with the establishment, he always brought 
cheer to those who were sick, and on sev- 
eral occasions when there were deaths in 
the circle of those employed by the com- 
pany, it was he who conducted the fimeral 
services. 

When he became a Bishop and re- 
moved to Oklahoma, he continued to serve 
as the faithful Chaplain, coming every 
year to the Round Up, and always when 
in ^Minneapolis attending the Thursday 
luncheon and sitting in the chair marked 
with his name. 

The association of the Chaplain with 
the staff of The Xorthwestern jNIiller, now 
of more than fifteen years' diu-ation, be- 
gun casually and half jestingly, has be- 
come a relation of a very real and signifi- 
cant character. Although he never 
preaches outside the pulpit, and is always 
the friend and companion, asking no espe- 
cial consideration because of his cloth, his 
influence is none the less profoundly felt, 
and to all of those Avith whom, thus unos- 
tentatiously, he has come in contact, he 
has brought the helpful and wholesome 
spirit which is the reflection of his life. He 



28 THE CLUB ROOM 

has made his office one that means a great 
deal to this organization and every one 
connected with it. 

SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES 

In order to show its adherence to the 
things for which its Chaplain so pre- 
eminently stands, and also to give oppor- 
tunity for a demonstration of the high 
respect in which he is held hy the staff, 
The Northwestern Miller invariably has, 
as part of the programme for its annual 
reunion, a special service. This is usually 
held on the evening of the second Tliurs- 
day in January at St. Paid's Church, and 
is attended by the entire staff and tliose of 
the operating force who care to be ])res- 
ent, as well as any outsiders who may be 
disposed to come. 

The first of these services was held in 
1906, and they have been continued e^er 
since. They are conducted by the Chap- 
lain, who makes the address, and the mu- 
sical programme is arranged especially 
for the occasion. This beautiful annual 
service has become a feature in the his- 
tory of the organization which has a 
distinct value for its members. 

THE ANNUAL DINNER 

The Annual Dinner of The North- 
western Miller occurs on the second Fri- 
day of January unless, for some good 
reason, it is postponed to the following 
week. To this it is customary to invite 



THE CLUB ROOM 29 

a number of guests, and it is usually 
held at the Minneapolis Club. On occa- 
sions, eminent public men have attended 
and made notable speeches. 

For more than thirty years these din- 
ners have l)rought together the staff of 
The Northwestern JNIiller and many of 
its friends, and have given opportunity 
for expression of the animating ideals of 
the organization and a renewal of the 
spirit of loyalty and good-fellowship for 
which it is notable. 

Occasionally, as in 1920, when the 
London representative, ^Ir. C. F. G. 
Raikes, was able to attend the Round Up 
for the first time since the w^ar began, a 
trade dinner, in addition to the annual 
staff dinner, is given, to which are invited 
a large number of representative millers, 
flour and grain dealers and members of 
allied interests. These are ver}^ enjoyable 
events, at which the staff acts as host to 
its friends. 

These dinners have no particular as- 
sociation with the Club Room, except that 
during the Round Up, when they occur, 
it is in daily use for the meetings and 
luncheons of the staff. 

The luncheon in the Club Room on 
Saturday, the last day of the Round Up, 
is attended by the entire mechanical force 
of the publication, in addition to all the 
editorial and business staff, and is the final 
event of the annual reunion. 



30 THE CLUB ROOM 

The Club Room has, on occasion, 
served extraordinary purposes. Here, 
some years ago, when the city of INIinne- 
apohs Avas badly in need of a reform ad- 
ministration, a small group of its leading- 
citizens met, selected a man for mayor, 
sent for him and succeeded in inducing 
him to become a candidate for the office 
to which he was in due time elected. 

A CI.UB BOOM WEDDING 

Here also, in 1905, a wedding cere- 
mony was performed. An employee and 
his affianced, not having any local family 
connections, were invited to make use of 
the facilities of the Club Room, and ac- 
cepted. The wedding occurred in the 
evening. A member of the staff acted as 
best man, another performed the offices 
of the bride's father, the wedding marcli 
was played on the Club Room piano by 
one of the office force, and representatives 
from all departments of the establishment 
attended. There was a bride's cake, and 
wine was provided. The health of the 
couple was duly proposed by the then 
I^ondon representative of the paper, ^Ir. 
Kingsland Smith, who happened to be in 
jNIinneapolis at the time, and the toast 
was res])onded to by the assembled com- 
pany. The officiating clergyman was a 
comparative stranger in the city and, 
altliough he performed the service with- 
out a break, he seemed very much siu'- 



THE CLUB ROOM 31 

])rised at his environnieiit, not having ex- 
pected, when he came to the office and was 
taken downstairs, to find a brilliantly 
lighted and completely equipped room, 
filled with wedding guests awaiting his 
advent. 

IN WAR TIMES 

During the World War the hospitali- 
ties of the Club Room were extended to 
a great many civil, naval and military rep- 
resentatives of the allies, especially to the 
British and Canadian officers who came 
to Minneapolis. The guests at the 
Thursday luncheons nearly always in- 
cluded one or more of these, and the late 
Commander Terhune, U.S.N., then in 
command of the Dunwoody Naval Train- 
ing School, was invariably present, sitting 
in the Chaplain's chair. 

In December, 191.5, a mission from the 
Belgian government, consisting of Baron 
E. de Cartier de Marchienne, now Belgian 
Ambassador to the United States, Mr. A. 
Van de Vyere, Belgian ^Minister of 
Finance, and Chevalier E. Carton de 
Wiart, honorary secretary to King Al- 
bert, called at the office and visited the 
Club Room. On this occasion the Belgian 
flag was displayed on the building and, 
inasmuch as this was at the darkest hour 
of the Belgian cause, the slight attention 
was interpreted by the visitors as signifi- 
cant of unbounded confidence in the ulti- 



32 THE CLUB ROOM 

mate triumph of their country, and ap- 
preciated accordinglj^ 

The promise was then made that on 
the day, certain to come, when King Al- 
bert should re-enter Brussels at the head 
of his victorious troops, the Belgian flag 
shoidd again be displayed while a band 
played the Belgian hymn. This promise 
was faithfully ke])t on November 15, 
1918, when, a detachment of the Naval 
Air Force acting as guard of honor, the 
Belgian flag was unfurled, the band 
played "La Braban^onne," and the as- 
sembled company saluted. 

This demonstration was made on King- 
Albert's birthday, and the editor of The 
Northwestern Miller subsequently re- 
ceived a letter from His Majesty gra- 
ciously expressing his appreciation of the 
ceremony as wefl as his thanks for the 
help extended to the people of Belgium 
through the JNIillers' Belgian Relief 
JNIovement, and the other evidences of 
sympathy and good will toward Belgium 
shown by The Northwestern INIiller since 
19U. 

All the committee meetings and other 
conferences in connection with Belgian re- 
lief were held in the Club Room, and dur- 
ing the entire war the ofl^ce of The North- 
western JNIiller was headquarters for pro- 
Belgian sentiment and activity, including 
the demonstration which protested against 



THE CLUB ROO]M 33 



the Gennaii deportation of Belgian civil- 
ians. 

A more joyous occasion than the visit 
of Belgian re])resentatives in December, 
1915, MRS the breakfast given to the Bel- 
gian JNIission on July 5, 1917. By this 
time the United States had entered the 
war, and the Mission was making a tour 
of the country to express the gratitude of 
Belgium for aid given by America. It 
consisted of Baron Moncheur, General Le 
Clerq, Major Osterrieth and Count 
D'Ursel, accompanied by Hugh Gibson, 
now American ^linister to Poland, and 
Captain T. C. Cook, U.S.A. Breakfast 
was served in the Club Room, and shortly 
thereafter the ^lission departed for the 
Pacific Coast. 

The Club Room was utilized for many 
meetings and conferences incident to the 
Food Administration, and on October 10, 
1917, a luncheon was here given to the 
Milling Division, James Ford Bell gen- 
eral chairman, which was attended by all 
its members. 

CHINESE VISITORS AND TEAS 

An interesting visit occurred on 
March 5, 1906, when Prince Tsai Tsch, 
Imperial Chinese High Commissioner, 
and his suite, arrayed in their gorgeous 
robes, came to the office and passed an 
hour inspecting it, taking tea in the Club 
Room. 



34 THE CLUB ROOM 

During the month of December, 1911, 
a series of afternoon teas was given, at- 
tended by a large number of friends of 
The Northwestern Miller, including 
many ladies. 

NEW year's eve parties 

The facilities of the Club Room have 
always been at the disposal of members 
of the staff for private entertainments. 
The late Frederick J. Clark occasionally 
availed himself of this privilege, and the 
O.JNI. has frequently done so. Eixamina- 
tion of the register shows that a number 
of New Year's Eve suppers were given 
here by him. These began about eleven 
o'clock at night, and concluded after the 
New Year had arrived. Without excep- 
tion they were very happy events and 
much ap])reciated by those who partici- 
pated in them. 

ACTORS AND ACTRESSES 

The Club Room lias been honored by 
visits from many of the more illustrious 
members of the dramatic profession ; often 
they have been ])resent at luncheons, and 
occasionally at suppers given in their 
honor. On the visitors' register appear 
the names of Mrs. Fiske, Sir Johnston 
Forbes Robertson, Richard Mansfield, 
Otis Skinner, Cyril Maude and Ben 
Greet, to mention only a few of these 
2'uests. 



THE CLUB ROOM .35 

On April 27, 1905, a supper was here 
given to Ben Greet and a group of his 
plaj^ers after a noteworthy prochiction of 
"Everyman." ^Mr. Greet himself has 
been a frequent guest at the weekly 
luncheons. Otis Skinner never comes to 
^Iinnea])olis without joining the staff at 
its Thursday meeting. Sir Johnston 
Forbes Robertson has graced the Club 
Room board on several occasions. Cyril 
INIaude, William Hodge and many others 
of the profession have also been guests. 

In one of tlie u])per rooms of the office 
stands a very beautifully carved piece of 
furniture too large to be placed in the 
Club Room, presented to the O.M. by 
JNlr. JNIaude. It was bought by him 
many years ago, and was carried around 
the world as one of his stage ])roperties. 
On his last appearance in Minneapolis, 
his season ended and his company was dis- 
banded. He disposed of all his stage fur- 
niture, except this piece, to which he was 
attached by long association, which he 
gave to the O.M. after the last perform- 
ance of his great success, "Grumpy." 

Mrs. Fiske first did the Club Room 
the honor of being present at a supper 
given her on August 10, 1911, after the 
play ; since then she has never visited Min- 
neapolis without graciously accepting the 
O.M.'s invitation to repeat the experi- 
ence, which she seems to enjoy as a relief 
to her exacting work. As Mrs. Fiske 



36 THE CLUB ROOM 

very seldom permits herself to accept in- 
vitations of this kind during her profes- 
sional engagements, the exception she 
makes in favor of the Club Room is all the 
more appreciated. 

RICHARD MANSFIELD 

Among all the memories associated 
with this room, none are more delightful 
than those connected with Richard jNIans- 
field, for here he apparently forgot his 
cares and responsibilities for a few hoin*s 
and, relaxing from his customary reserve, 
unl)ent and gave expression to his most 
charming and fascinating attributes. 

Mr. Mansfield first came to su])per in 
the Club Room on May 7, 190.3. and 
thereafter, as often as he visited Minne- 
apolis, he always had a supper there, with 
the exception of his last appearance in 
"Peer Gynt," on the tour which closed 
with his complete physical collapse and 
the disbanding of his company, soon fol- 
lowed by his untimely death. 

On this occasion he wrote the O.INI., 
in advance of his coming, that, much to 
liis regret, he would not be able to enjoy 
liis usual relaxation ; that he felt strangely 
w^orn and jaded, and could not attempt 
more than his actual stage work. Instead, 
he asked that the O.M. have supper with 
him alone in his apartments at the hotel. 
This request was, of course, acceded to, 
and after the play the 0.]M. joined Mr. 



THE CLUB ROOM 37 

Mansfield at a pathetic little supper in his 
rooms. 

The great actor was obviously in a per- 
ilous physical condition, keeping up his 
arduous performance by sheer will power, 
and fully conscious that he could not pro- 
long the desperate effort much further. 
Although he had played Peer Gynt that 
night with marvelous spirit and the full 
measure of his great genius, the reaction 
after the exertion was distressing to look 
upon. His face was worn, and showed 
intense weariness. 

Shocked and alarmed, the O.M. ur- 
gently suggested that the engagement be 
given up and that Mr. Mansfield should 
go at once to bed, but he insisted that it 
be otherwise, and said that he needed 
his supper and wanted some one to eat 
with him. Under protest the O.M. re- 
mained, and in due time the cloth was laid 
and the food forthcoming. Somewhat re- 
invigorated and rested, Mr. ^lansfield's 
spirits revived to a certain extent, and for 
half an hour he talked, as usual, most in- 
terestingly. Never was he more gentle, 
kindly and courteous, never more the per- 
fect host, than on this occasion, which was 
the last time the O.M. saw him, the final 
supper ])arty, at a table laid but for two ; 
over which there brooded a presentiment 
of what was to follow only a few weeks 
later. 



38 THE CLUB ROOM 

Contrasted with this recollection is the 
memory of the merry suppers in the Club 
Room to which Mr. Mansfield would 
bring with him two or three members of 
his company, such perhaps as A. G. An- 
drews or Arthur Forrest, to meet a dozen 
or more of his Minneapolis admirers, with 
whom he felt himself at ease and under- 
stood. Here, relaxed, he would appear 
as Mansfield the genial friend, rather than 
]Mansfield the actor ; would talk easily and 
freely on many topics and, on occasion, 
going to the little piano in the corner, seat 
himself to play and sing fragments of old 
songs and ballads just as the spirit moved 
him and, so talking and singing, tarry 
until the early hours of morning. 

PAST AND FUTURE 

The Visitors' Register now (April, 
1921) contains the names of more than 
eight thousand who have visited the Club 
Room since 1901, among them a great 
mam^ distinguished persons from all parts 
of the world. 

To members of the staff of The 
Northwestern INIiller its Club Room is a 
valued institution which, while it possesses 
a past of many pleasant associations, has 
also a future of equally satisfying possi- 
bilities, and, beyond its value as an inter- 
esting annex to the more ])rosaic parts of 
the establishment, fully justifies itself by 
its very ])ractical and serviceable utility. 



THE CLUB ROOM 39 

The Club Room has its memories of 
times past which are good to recall ; there 
are many scattered over the face of the 
earth who think of it as a kindly and hos- 
pitable place in which they were made 
welcome, who, in passing, paused here a 
while to lighten their cares, in the spirit 
of the inscription on one of its jugs: 

"Here stop and spend a pleasant hour, 
In harmless mirth and fun ; 
Let friendshi]) reign, be just and kind. 
And evil s])eak of none." 




THE SIGNATURES ON 
THE TABLES 



THE SIGNATURES ON 
THE TABLES 

The following is a list of those among 
the visitors to the Clnb Room and mem- 
bers of the staff, past and present, whose 
names are carved upon the tables to date 
of this publication, April, 1921: 

*Chauncy Abbott, Schuyler, Neb. 
Chauncy Abbott, Jr., Omaha, Neb. 
Willis J. Abbott, Minneapolis. 
W. A. Ackland, London. 
Allen D. Albert, ^Minneapolis. 
Rev. Vladimir V. Alexandrof, Russia. 
Henrv H. Allen, New York. 
Henry M. Allen, Troy, Ohio. 
James Allen, Belfast, Ireland. 
Dallas Anderson, New York. 
David Anderson, Toledo, Ohio, 
^lajor J. W. Anderson, Toronto. 
E. C. Andrews, St. Louis, ]Mo. 
Hilmar Aslaksen, Stockholm. 
Frederick G. Atkinson, Minneapolis. 
Percival Aylmer, New York. 
G. A. Aylsworth, St. Joseph, ]Mo. 
Irving Bacheller, Riverside, Conn. 
A. H. Bailey, Toronto. Canada. 
Vernon Howe Bailey, New York. 
A. D. Baker, Lansing, Mich. 



THE CLUB ROO^I 43 

*Bernard N. Baker, Baltimore. 

Dwight jNI. Baldwin, INIinneapolis. 

S. Thruston Ballard, Louisville. 

Flemniing Bang, Copenhagen. 

John Kendrick Bangs, New York. 

*Ldwin R. Barber, ^Minneapolis. 

H. S. Barber, JNIinneapolis. 

Professor H. E. Barnard, Minneapolis. 

Julius H. Barnes, Duluth. 

Wm. de la Barre, Minneapolis. 

D. M. Barrett, Detroit. 

C. L. Bartholomew, Minneapolis. 

A. E. Baxter, Buffalo, N. Y. 

r. Fleming Baxter, London. 

Joseph Warren Beach, Minneapolis. 

F. A. Bean, New^ Prague, Minn. 

R. T. Beatty, Minneapolis. 

James F. Bell, Minneapolis. 

*James S. Bell, Minneapolis. 

Samuel Bell, Jr., Philadelphia. 

^Nlajor 31. Bell-Irving, Yancouver. 

Major Ernest H. Bellany, Ireland. 

Henry A. Bellows, ^Minneapolis. 

Judson 31. Bemis, Boston. 

*Stephen A. Bemis, St. Louis. 

Bishop G. G. Bennett, Duluth. 

Russell JM. Bennett, ^Minneapolis. 

Louis Betts, Chicago. 

James ]McD. Black, Glasgow. 

W. A. Black, ^[ontreal. 

Eric Blind, Xew York. 

Judge Wilbur S. Booth, INIinneapolis. 

Charles Cranston Bovev, 3Iinnea])olis. 



44 THE CLUB ROOM 

William H. Bovey, Minneapolis. 
J. D. Bowersock, Lawrence, Kansas. 
*Herbert Bradley, New York. 
*John S. Bradstreet, Minneapolis. 
Joseph Breck, New York. 
Sir Harry Brittain, London. 
*Ldmund D. Brooks, Minneapolis. 
Charles W. Brown, Pittsburgh. 
Rome G. Brown, Minneapolis. 
*Benjamin S. Bull, Minneapolis. 
Bishop Charles ^^^esley Burns, 

Minneapolis. 
Hazen J. Burton, ISIinneapolis. 
President JNIarion L. Burton, 

Minneapolis. 
Richard Burton, Minneapolis. 
Ward C. Burton, jNIinneapolis. 
Rev. J. E. Bushnell, Minneapolis. 
Victor A. Cain. Leavenworth, Kansas. 
W. R. Callaway, jNIinneapolis. 
Hugh Campbell, Scotland. 
Frank R. Carey, JNIinneapolis. 
Elbert L. Carpenter, Minneapolis. 
Eugene J. Carpenter, Minneapolis. 
Baron E. De Cartier de Marchienne, 

Washington. 
George P. Case, JNIinneapolis. 
Charles H. Challen, Chicago. 
Frank A. Chamberlain, jNIinneapolis. 
Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis. 
M. Chemodurow, Russia. 
Dr. Wm. M. Chowning, Minneapolis. 
*George C. Christian, Minneapolis. 



THE CLUB ROOM 45 

*George H. Christian, ^linneapolis. 
*Llewellyn Christian, ^linneapolis. 
Hendon Chu})h, New York. 
*Frederick J. Clark, Minneapolis. 
Hovey C Clarke, Minneapolis. 
William L. Clause, Pittsburgh. 
A. M. Cleland, St. Paul. 
H. R. Clissold, Chicago. 
Albert W. Cobb, ^Minneapolis. 
*Enianuel Cohen, ^Minneapolis. 
Elbridge Colby, St. Paul. 
Howard Commons, Minneapolis. 
J. T. Conley, Chicago. 
Willard Connelly, JMinneapolis. 
Captain T. C. Cook, Washington, D. C. 
Elbridge C. Cooke, ^linneapolis. 
President Donald J. Cowling, Northfield, 

^linn. 
James S. Craig, Glasgow. 
Rev. L. A. Crandall, Chicago. 
A. A. Crane, Minneapolis. 
William G. Crocker, ^Minneapolis. 
Frank M. Crosby, Minneapolis. 
John Crosby, Minneapolis. 
Rev. Thomas E. Cullen, ^linneapolis. 
*C. E. Cutter, Toledo, Ohio. 
Major Denis St. G. Daly. England. 
*^Iack H. Davis, Shelby, Ohio. 
E. W. Decker, Minneapolis. 
Ralph Denio, Sheridan, Wyo. 
Colonel J. S. Dennis, England. 
Peter Derlien, St. Louis. 
Rev. Harry P. Dewey, ^linneapolis. 



46 THE CLUB ROOM 



Andreas Dippel, Xew York. 
George Dallas Dixon, Philadelphia. 
Arthur J. Dodge, Washington. 
Colby Dodge, JNIinneapolis. 
Lawrance D'Orsav, New York. 
Edwin T. Douglas, Buffalo. 
Captain W. S. Drewry, Canada. 
Colonel L. Hay Ducrot, England. 
* William H. IJunwoody, Minneapolis. 

A. J. Earling, JNIilwaukee. 

B. A. Eckhart, Chicago. 
Randolph Edgar, JMinneapolis. 
William C. Edgar, Minneapolis. 
*Bishop Samuel Edsall, ^linneapolis. 
Walter A. Eggieston, JNIinneapolis. 
Wilfred Eldred, Washington. 
Charles Espenschied, St. Louis. 
Edgar H. Evans, Indianapolis. 
James C. Evans, Buffalo, X. Y. 

E. A. Everett, Waseca, ^Nlinn. 
Herman W. Falk, ]Milwaukee. 
Charles W. Farnham, St. Paul. 
I^uther H. Farrington, INIinneapolis. 
A. C. Fetterolf, New York. 
Charles M. Flandrau, St. Paul. 
*Justus INIiles Forman, New York. 
Arthur Forrest, New York. 
Alexis Fournier, New York. 
P. A. S. Franklin, New York. 
*A. A. Freeman, New York. 
Rev. James E. Freeman, Washington. 
William Fulton, Minneapolis. 
Edward C. Gale, INIinneapolis. 



THE CLUB ROOM 47 

Robert Griggs Gale, ^Minneapolis. 
H. P. Gallaher, jNIinneapolis. 
H. C. Garvin, Winona, Minn. 
Bishop Wm. Loyal Gavatt, West 

Virginia. 
James Tliayer Geronld, Minneapolis. 
Hngh Gibson, Warsaw, Poland. 
Rev. Andrew Gillies, Minneapolis. 
A. L. Goetzniann, Minneapolis. 
George Ei. Graves, ^Minneapolis. 
*Wni. D. Gray, ^Milwaukee. 
L. P. Green, Minneapolis. 
*F. li. Greenleaf, ^Minneapolis. 
Sydney Greenstreet, New York. 
Ben Greet, London. 
*Williani R. Gregory, New York. 
Joseph C. Grew, Washington. 
*Henry J. Hadfield, New York. 
Henry Hahn, jNIinneapolis. 
*C. F. Hall, Kansas City. 
*Morris L. Hallowell, Minneapolis. 
*Governor Winfield S. Hammond, St. 

Panl. 
Walter Hampden, New York. 
C. C. Hanch, Indianapolis. 
Charles ^I. Harrington, ^linneapolis. 
William L. Harris, Minneapolis. 
*John r. Harrison, Milwankee. 
Perry Harrison, ]Minneapolis. 
W. L. Harvey, New Prague, Minn. 
H. P. Hathaway, Richmond, Va. 
*N. F. Hawley, ^Minneapolis. 
William F. Hawtrey, New York. 

*Deceaserl. 



48 THE CLUB ROOM 

George M. Heath, I^a Crosse, Wis. 

J. Heemskerk, Amsterdam. 

H. S. Helm, Minneapolis. 

Robert Henkel, Detroit. 

E. J. Henry, Chicago. 

Bishop H. Hensley Henson, England. 

Edwin H. Hewitt, Minneapolis. 

*J. W. Heywood, Minneapolis. 

J. H. Hiland, Chicago. 

*James J. Hill, St. Paul. 

Louis W. Hill, St. Paul. 

Samuel Hill, Portland, Oregon. 

Walker Hill, St. Louis. 

William Hodge, New York. 

Herbert Hoover, Washington. 

DeWolf Hopper, New York. 

*Bronson Howard, New York. 

P. L. Howe, Minneapolis. 

Edward Hungerford, New York. 

* Andrew J. Hunt, Arkansas City, Kan. 

J. Young Hunter, London. 

A. P. Husband, Chicago. 

Joseph Husband, Chicago. 

G. H. Ingalls, Cincinnati. 

T. Ishigura, Japan. 

Theodore F. Ismert, Kansas City. 

Clive T. Jaffrav, Minneapolis. 

*A. R. James, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Thomas B. Janney, Minneapolis. 

R. S. Johnston, Chicago. 

David P. Jones, Minneapolis. 

H. V. Jones, Minneapolis. 

E. M. Kellv, Nashville, Tenn. 



THE CLUB ROOM 49 

H. S. Kennedy, Minneapolis. 

H. H. King, Minneapolis. 

Joseph R. Kingman, JNIinneapolis. 

Theodore Kipp, Jr., Winnipeg. 

Sydney V. Klein, London. 

J. L. Knanss, Lvansville, Ind. 

JNIarcel Knecht, Paris. 

*Martin B. Koon, jNIinneapolis. 

F. H. Kreisman, St. Ivouis. 

William A. Lancaster, JNIinneapolis. 

A. F. Langdon, London. 

Cavour S. Langdon, Minneapolis. 

James A. Latta, Minneapolis. 

Andrew Law, Glasgow. 

James G. Lawrence, Wahasha, Minn. 

Bishop ^Villiam Lawrence, jNIassachii- 

setts. 
Colonel George E. Leach, Minneapolis. 
General I^e Clercq, Belginm. 
Joseph Le Compte, Lexington, Ky. 
N. INIaxwell Lefroy, England. 
Alfred Lenz, New York. 
Sinclair Lewis, New York. 
Thornton Lewis, Virginia. 
Governor John Lind, Minneapolis. 
Fred. J. Lingham, I^ockport, N. Y. 
*P. H. Litchfield, Chicago. 
Albert C. Ivoring, Minneapolis. 
W. J. Love, New York. 
J. Lnchsinger, Amsterdam. 
Frank A. Lum, Aberdeen, S. D. 
D. T. McCabe, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
*S. A. McGaw, Winnipeg. 



50 THE CLUB ROOM 

W. E. JNlcGaw, Winnipeg. 

John S. McLain, Minneapolis. 

H. C. McLeod, Minneapolis. 

*C. C. JNIacgill, Baltimore. 

Percy Mackaye, New York. 

C. A. Mackenzie, Montreal. 

*Richard Mansfield, New York. 

George E. Marcy, Chicago. 

H. C. Marmon, Indianapolis. 

*James Marshall, Minneapolis. • 

*Charles J. ^lartin, Minneapolis. 

Cyril jNIande, London. 

N. P. ]Melinkoff, Russia. 

Alphonse Mennel, Toledo. 

Mark Mennel, Toledo. 

E. B. Meyrowitz, New York. 

Carroll K. Michener, INIinneapolis. 

Arthin* Miller, Minneapolis. 

Ashby Miller, Minneapolis. 

*James H. Miller, Minneapolis. 

*L. M. INIiller, Kansas City. 

John E. ^litchell, St. Lonis. 

Baron Moncheur, Belgium. 

Henry L. Moore, Minneapolis. 

Thomas L. Moore, Richmond, Va. 

William B. Morris, Minneapolis. 

Dr. Angus W. Morrison, INIinneapolis. 

Brewster Morrison, Minneapolis. 

W. M. Neilson, England. 

*Bisliop C. Kinlock Nelson, Georgia. 

Arthur Perciyal Newton. England. 

C. B. Newton, Minneapolis. 

William C. Nichols, ^linneapolis. 



THE CLUB ROOM 51 

Meredith Nicholson, Indianapolis. 

President Cyrus Northrop, JNIinneapolis. 

George N. Northrop, Minneapolis. 

Wallace Notestein, Minneapolis. 

Emil Oberhoffer, Minneapolis. 

W. P. Odium, JNIinneapolis. 

Captain W. A. DeC. O'Grady, Canada. 

J. C. Osieck, Amsterdam. 

Major Leon Osterrieth, Belgium. 

R. F. Pack, Minneapolis. 

Charles M. Palmer, New York. 

George M. Palmer, Mankato, ]Minn. 

H. E. Partridge, Minneapolis, 

H. J. Pattridge, JNIinneapolis. 

*Hugh Paul, England. 

Alexander 31. Peabody, Marine, 3Iinn. 

Daniel Pennell, New York. 

Joseph F. Pennell, New York. 

Edmund Pennington, Minneapolis. 

*Grenville Perrin, New York. 

Bishop James DeWolfe Perry, Rhode 

Island. 
Alfred F. Pillsbury, Minneapolis. 
John S. Pillsbury, JNIinneapolis. 
George H. Plant, St. Louis. 
Samuel G. Plant, St. Louis. 
H. M. Pollock, Ireland. 
W. B. Pollock, New York. 
Prince Poniatowski, Poland. 
F. H. Price, New York. 
Warwick James Price. Philadelphia. 
Faustin Prinz, ^Milwaukee. 
Dr. C, A. Prosser, jNIinneapolis. 

*DeceasecI. 



52 THE CLUB ROOM 

E. A. Piirdy, Minneapolis. 
A. S. Purves, Chicago. 
James Pye, Minneapolis. 
Walter Quackenbnsh, Xew York. 
C. F. G. Raikes, London. 
Joseph Rank, Hull, Eng. 
Norman S. Rankin, Calgary. 
General C. McC. Reeve, Minneapolis. 
Bishop William P. Remington, South 

Dakota. 
M. A. Reynolds, Chicago. 
W. Rhys-PIerbert, jNIinneapolis. 

F. B. Rice, Chicago. 
Edgar Rickard, New York. 
F. R. Roberson, Chicago. 

Dr. Thomas S. Roberts, Minneapolis. 
Sir Jolmston Forbes Robertson. London. 
H. H. Robinson, ^Minneapolis. 
Sir H. Perry Robinson, I^ondon. 
Page A. Robinson. Chicago. 
Charles F. Rock, Kansas City. 
Arthur R. Rogers, jNIinneapolis. 
John E. Rogers, New York. 
Charles L. Roos, Wellington, Kansas. 
*Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Ovster 

Bay, N. Y. 
Colonel C. W. Rowley, Winnipeg. 
H. W. Rubins, INIinneapolis. 
A. J. Russell, ^Minneapolis. 
Charles M. Russell, Great Falls, Mont. 
F. J. Cobden-Sanderson, England. 
Lieutenant Colonel A. L. Saunders, 

Winnipeg. 



THE CLUB ROOM 53 

*G. Schober, Minneapolis. 
Captain E. G. Sergant, Winnipeg. 
Cordenio A. Severance, St. Panl. 

E. D. Sewall, Chicago. 
*Charles H. Seybt, Highland, 111. 
George C. Shane, Philadelphia. 
Albert Shaw, New York. 
Benjamin B. Sheffield, Minneapolis. 
J. H. Sherwood, Great Falls, ^Nlont. 
Rev. ]Marion D. Shutter, Minneapolis. 
*Charles Silverson, New Ulni, INIinn. 
*Chester Simmons, Minneapolis. 
Warren H. Simmons, Indianapolis. 
W. V. Singler, Minnea])olis. 

F. W. Sinnock, Bristol, England. 
Otis Skinner, New York. 

W. Slingsby, York, England. 
Frank H. Smith, Green Bay, Wis. 
*Frederick A. Smith, Minneapolis. 
Gordon Smith, Mobile, Ala. 
Kingsland Smith, Yonkers, New York. 
Rollin E. Smith, Chicago. 
Professor Harry Snyder, JNIinneapolis. 
Bjarne Sommerschield, Christiania, 

Norwav. 
H. B. Sparks, Alton, 111. 
Theodore Spicer-Simson, New York. 
H. C. Stebbins, Red Wing, INIinn. 
Robert E. Sterling, Kansas City. 
*Th()mas M. Sterling, St. Louis. 
Clement B. Stern, Milwaukee. 
INIajor Walter Stern, Milwaukee, 
^larsliall Stevens, ^lanchester, Eng. 



54 THE CLUB ROOM 

Benjamin Stockman, Duliith. 
W. H. Stokes, Watertown, S. D. 
*Carvl B. Storrs, Minneapolis. 
*David Stott, Detroit. 
Robert A. Taft, Cincinnati. 
T. Takemura, Japan. 
*James A. Tawney, Winona. 
Dr. Alonzo E. Taylor, Philadelphia. 
Major J. F. Templeton, Vancouver. 
*Governor Warren J. Terhnne, Samoa, 
*J. B. Thayer, Philadelphia. 
*Samuel R. Thayer, JNIinneapolis. 
Walter Thaver, Philadelphia. 
Gilbert G. Thorne, New York. 
James S. Thurston, Minneapolis. 
Bishop Theodore Payne Thurston, 

Oklahoma. 
*Rev. Francis Tiffany, Boston. 
Walter C. Tiffany, Seattle. 
Evarts Tracy, New York. 
*John M. Turner, San Juan, P. R. 
*Arthin- Upson, Minneapolis. 
George P. Urban, Buffalo, N. Y, 
George Urban, Jr., Buffalo, X. Y. 
Count d'Ursel, Belgium. 
Charles E. Valier, St. Louis, 
John R. Van Derlip, Minneapolis. 
Captain R. H. Van Xorman, Toronto. 
A. Van de Vyvere, Belgium. 
Professor William R. Vance, Minneapolis. 
*F. I. Vassaidt, Minneapolis. 
*Lawrence S. Vassault, Minneapolis. 
P. V. Verhaegen, Xew Orleans. 



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L. Thornycroft Vernon, London. 
W. A. Vernon, London, 
Frederic Villiers, London. 
Dr. George E. Vincent, Xew York. 
Douglas Volk, New York. 
C. de Waal, Holland. 
George S. Ward, New York. 
Harold R. Ward, Minneapolis. 
A. W. Warnock, Minneapolis. 
Cadwallader Washburn, New York. 
Edwin C. Washburn, New York. 
*John Washburn, Minneapolis. 
Stanley Washburn, INIinneapolis. 
Richard B. Watrous, Washington. 
Frederick B. Wells, Minneapolis. 
Leonard H. Wells, jNIinneapolis. 
Thomas B. Wells, New York. 
Stanley Went, New York. 
Charles A. Wernli, Le Mars, Iowa. 
F. M. Whitaker, Richmond, Va. 
James G. Whiteley, Baltimore. 
William C. Whitney, Minneapolis. 
Chevalier E. Carton de Wiart, Belgium. 
Francis G. Wickware, New York. 
W. H. Wiggin, Jr., Toledo. 
*Theodore B. Wilcox, Portland, Oregon. 
*Judge Charles A. Willard, Minneapolis. 
Thomas Wilson, Scotland. 
Paul Wilstach, New York. 
Frank Wing, JNIinneapolis. 
James R. Wood, Pittsburgh. 
Joseph Wood, Philadelphia. 
Edson S. Wood worth, ^linneapolis. 



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W. Scott Woodworth, jNIinneapolis. 
Major Evelyn Wrench, London. 
Dr. Charles B. Wright, Minneapolis. 
H. B. Yewdall, Winnipeg. 
George A. Zabriskie, New York. 
H. W. Zinsmaster, Duhith. 

*Deceased. 



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